Author: stuart taylor
Date: 01:08:48 12/06/02
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I would strongly reccomend waiting a bit longer. From 1.2 till 2.6 isn't all that much. Even 2.8 would be better being x2.5. But I think it can wait till between 2.8 and 4.2. Then the difference will be more interesting, and also cause less confusion. And many people today still use around 1.2, and I also don't think the computer industry deserves sooo much glory that every few days we need their upgrades. What will be really interesting when a program will be written and designed to benefit greatly from more time. That should become the competition. If a program maxes out at tournament time on 4.2 AMD, that would be an interesting thing. S.Taylor On December 06, 2002 at 02:37:43, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On December 05, 2002 at 18:29:31, Mike S. wrote: > >>>To require that all programs run on an "old" computer would be to require that >>>new chess engines not take advantage of the new technologies. >> >>It requires only that engines do not *need* new technologies to run at all (i.e. >>like F7 requiring MMX CPUs). But as long as they run on old computers, they can >>do that, if they take advantage of new technologies on other computers or not. >>It would just add some fun for poeple who like to argue like, "The list is >>wrong, engine XY would rank much higher if latest CPUs would have been used, 2 >>Gigbytes Rambus hash, etc.etc." :o)) >> >>(But of course it's favourable that test hardware isn't too much different from >>what's the "average" of what the fans use at home.) >> >>Regards, >>M.Scheidl > > >Yes, that is precisely the point. The main reason for establishing the SSDF was >to give the computer fans an estimated rating based on what's the average of >what most of the computer fans use at home. Two years ago the average hardwares >used was somewhere between a K6-450 Mhz and AMD 1.0 Ghz, but nowadays a more >realistic average would be somewhere between an AMD 1.2 Ghz and an AMD XP 2600+. >Of course you can always estimate what the rating would be by adding 50 Elo >points when you double the hardware's speed. But the K6-450 it is just too Old, >it doesn't matter if CT 15 performs better than Deep Fritz on a K6, when hardly >15% is still using the Old K6 450 Mhz. > >Pichard.
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